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Korean Buk Drum Echo

K
PLAYERS
3+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

One player is the drummer and sits facing the group with the drum.

2

The drummer plays a short rhythm of three to five beats.

3

The rest of the group claps the same rhythm back in unison immediately after.

4

If the echo matches, the drummer adds one more beat to the pattern and repeats it.

5

If the echo is wrong, that round ends and a new drummer takes over with a fresh short pattern.

6

Keep track of the longest rhythm the group successfully echoed back.